Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-2 [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-2 [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Released: 1985
Recorded: 1973-1985
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Singer/Songwriter
Source: CBS/Sony Japan vinyl
Codec: FLAC
Bitrate: ~ 2,900 kbps
Bit Depth: 24
Sampling Rate: 96,000 Hz

A1 Piano Man
A2 Say Goodbye to Hollywood
A3 New York State of Mind
A4 The Stranger
A5 Just the Way You Are

B1 Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
B2 Only the Good Die Young
B3 She's Always a Woman
B4 My Life
B5 Big Shot
B6 Honesty

C1 Don't Ask Me Why
C2 You May Be Right
C3 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
C4 Pressure
C5 Allentown
C6 Goodnight Saigon

D1 Tell Her About It
D2 Uptown Girl
D3 The Longest Time
D4 You're Only Human (Second Wind)
D5 The Night Is Still Young

Rip Info (not my rip)

Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1210 MK2 DD
Origin Live OL1 fully modified tone arm Rega RB250
Audio-Technica AT33EV MC Cartridge
Pro-ject Tube Box SE II
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Mac Pro Dual Zeon 2.66 GHz
Bias Peak Pro 6.2
Click Repair 3.4.1 for de-clic

Review

Although it's missing a few important (not to mention big) hits, Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 is an excellent retrospective of the first half of Billy Joel's career. Beginning with "Piano Man," the first disc runs through a number of early songs before arriving at the hit-making days of the late '70s; some of these songs, including "Captain Jack" and "New York State of Mind," weren't strictly hits, but were popular numbers within his stage show and became radio hits. Once the songs from The Stranger arrive halfway through the first disc, there's no stopping the hits (although "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," an album track from The Stranger, manages its way onto the collection). In fact, over the next disc and a half, there's so many hits, it's inevitable that some are left off -- to be specific, "Honesty," "Sometimes a Fantasy," "An Innocent Man," "Leave a Tender Moment," and "Keeping the Faith" aren't included. But all the other hits -- including "Just the Way You Are," "Only the Good Die Young," "My Life," "You May Be Right," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "Don't Ask Me Why," "Allentown," "Tell Her About It" and "Uptown Girl," among many others -- are present and accounted for, as are two new songs ("You're Only Human (Second Wind)," "The Night Is Still Young") that became hits as well. In short, Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 does its job perfectly, encapsulating exactly why Billy Joel was one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the late '70s and early '80s.